| Election held 7th May 1998 | ||
| ABBEY WOOD WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Clive Mardner | Labour | 979 |
| Derek Steedman | Labour | 888 |
| David Scales | Liberal | 292 |
| Graciella Grigg | Liberal Democrat | 276 |
| Kenneth Bailey | Conservative | 230 |
| Gillian Thomas | Conservative | 187 |
| ARSENAL WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Brian O'Sullivan | Labour | 398 |
| Norman Gough | Conservative | 59 |
| AVERY HILL WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Mark Pattendon | Liberal Democrat | 564 |
| John Littlefield | Labour | 364 |
| Brian Weller | Conservative | 132 |
| BLACKHEATH WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Geoffrey Brighty | Conservative | 1099 |
| Rhodri Harris | Conservative | 1017 |
| Mary Mills | Labour | 860 |
| Nigel Cairns | Labour | 844 |
| Michael Smart | Liberal Democrat | 348 |
| Ian Gerrard | Liberal Democrat | 323 |
| BURRAGE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Len Duvall | Labour | 471 |
| Norah Mandeville | Conservative | 76 |
| Richard Newton | Pensioners | 68 |
| CHARLTON WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| David Grant | Labour | 1020 |
| Sajid Jawaid | Labour | 909 |
| Anthony Smith | Liberal Democrat | 236 |
| Patricia Rabbitt | Conservative | 184 |
| John Kelk | Conservative | 141 |
| Lindi St Clair | Corrective | 74 |
| COLDHARBOUR WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Jacques Devaux | Labour | 1075 |
| John Kelly | Labour | 873 |
| Philip Dean | Conservative | 572 |
| Frank Hodgson | Conservative | 509 |
| DEANSFIELD WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Alec Miles | Conservative | 569 |
| Arthur Bonner | Labour | 452 |
| Barbara Woodcraft | Liberal Democrat | 120 |
| ELTHAM PARK WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Dermot Poston | Conservative | 1295 |
| Michael Simpson | Conservative | 1149 |
| David Coleman | Labour | 1000 |
| Martin Roffe | Labour | 898 |
| John Hagyard | Liberal Democrat | 405 |
| Russell White | Populist | 60 |
| EYNSHAM WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Barry Groves | Labour | 680 |
| Ismail Danesi | Labour | 668 |
| Pierre Cope | Conservative | 180 |
| Harry Barnes | Conservative | 165 |
| Bonnie Soanes | Liberal Democrat | 140 |
| Alexander Grigg | Liberal Democrat | 131 |
| FERRIER WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Mavis Best | Labour | 678 |
| Deborah Smith | Labour | 641 |
| Valerie Antcliffe | Conservative | 279 |
| Margaret Campbell-Smith | Conservative | 272 |
| GLYNDON WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Donald Austin | Labour | 907 |
| John Wakefield | Labour | 740 |
| Jean Cooper | Conservative | 215 |
| Dorothy Withers | Conservative | 143 |
| HERBERT WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Beverley Jones | Labour | 753 |
| Rajwant Sidhu | Labour | 594 |
| Samuel Coker | Conservative | 488 |
| Catherine McGonagle | Conservative | 382 |
| Edward Ottery | Liberal Democrat | 240 |
| HORNFAIR WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Janet Gilman | Labour | 1029 |
| Robert Lewis | Labour | 849 |
| Sheila Stirling | Conservative | 298 |
| Susan Swann | Conservative | 251 |
| KIDBROOKE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Norman Adams | Labour | 741 |
| John Cove | Labour | 712 |
| Daniel Cocker | Conservative | 596 |
| Stephen Landeryou | Conservative | 554 |
| Ronald Mallone | Fellowship | 375 |
| LAKEDALE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Carl Boothe | Labour | 671 |
| Barbara Barwick | Labour | 629 |
| Mark Payne | Liberal Democrat | 164 |
| Sidney Stacey | Independent | 164 |
| Joan Harvey-Bailey | Conservative | 133 |
| Judith Pinnington | Liberal Democrat | 113 |
| James Otter | Green | 100 |
| MIDDLE PARK WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Robert Harris | Labour | 974 |
| Barry Taylor | Labour | 860 |
| Dingle Clark | Conservative | 238 |
| Margaret Joel | Conservative | 204 |
| Andrew Graham | Independent Conservative | 146 |
| William Hewer | Liberal Democrat | 124 |
| Harry Potter | Liberal Democrat | 114 |
| NEW ELTHAM WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Dorothy Mepsted | Conservative | 1019 |
| Sidney Nicholson | Conservative | 942 |
| Peter May | Labour | 938 |
| Maresa Kingston | Labour | 843 |
| Michael Lewis | Liberal Democrat | 235 |
| Peter Churchill | Liberal Democrat | 203 |
| Julius Cortes | Pensioners | 64 |
| NIGHTINGALE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Keith Scott | Labour | 344 |
| Robert Diplock | Liberal Democrat | 79 |
| Elsie Drew | Conservative | 49 |
| PALACE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Peter King | Conservative | 515 |
| Andrew Thompson | Labour | 475 |
| Helen Blackburn | Liberal Democrat | 171 |
| PLUMSTEAD COMMON WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Vicky Morse | Labour | 528 |
| Paula Mitchell | Liberal Democrat | 133 |
| Vera Dempsey | Conservative | 97 |
| David Harbud | Green | 47 |
| RECTORY FIELD WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Angela Cornforth | Labour | 796 |
| Gary Parker | Labour | 744 |
| Walter Mayhew | Liberal Democrat | 286 |
| John Day | Conservative | 226 |
| Lez Stonnard | Liberal Democrat | 203 |
| Maureen Robinson | Conservative | 201 |
| ST ALFEGE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Chris Roberts | Labour | 683 |
| Kantabi Patel | Labour | 625 |
| Edward Hill | Liberal Democrat | 550 |
| Daphne Stevens | Liberal Democrat | 512 |
| Brian Buckley | Conservative | 362 |
| Hugh O'Leary | Conservative | 328 |
| Gary Holden | Green | 168 |
| ST MARY'S WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Nicholas McShee | Labour | 658 |
| John Fahy | Labour | 654 |
| Gbola Oba | Conservative | 318 |
| Chris Phillips | Conservative | 300 |
| ST NICHOLAS WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Alistair Macrae | Labour | 656 |
| Claudia Slee | Labour | 635 |
| Sylvia Derrick-Reeve | Liberal Democrat | 204 |
| Martin Jenkins | Liberal Democrat | 204 |
| Elisabeth Maisey | Conservative | 188 |
| Cecelia Meers | Conservative | 175 |
| SHERARD WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Michael Hayes | Labour | 897 |
| Quentin Marsh | Labour | 858 |
| Lynda Craker | Conservative | 324 |
| Charles Joel | Conservative | 303 |
| Terence Liddle | Green | 97 |
| SHREWSBURY WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Michael Hayes | Labour | 621 |
| Lewis Sergeant | Conservative | 489 |
| Gerald Sizer | Pensioners | 66 |
| SLADE WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Peter Challis | Labour | 976 |
| Ann Hutchinson | Labour | 874 |
| David Woodhead | Liberal Democrat | 725 |
| Thomas Headon | Liberal Democrat | 671 |
| Emily Head | Conservative | 195 |
| Joyce Bowe | Conservative | 163 |
| SUTCLIFFE WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Brian Woodcraft | Liberal Democrat | 672 |
| Mary Peltier | Labour | 332 |
| Steven Coules | Conservative | 183 |
| Henry Middleton | Liberal | 15 |
| TARN WARD | 1 SEAT | |
| Terence Malone | Labour | 477 |
| Derek Richards | Conservative | 432 |
| Catherine Hewer | Liberal Democrat | 76 |
| THAMESMEAD MOORINGS WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Peter Brooks | Labour | 648 |
| Peter Kotz | Labour | 551 |
| Laura Murphy | Conservative | 138 |
| Anthony Durham | Liberal Democrat | 124 |
| Ray Maisey | Conservative | 122 |
| TRAFALGAR WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Marian Moseley | Labour | 911 |
| James Gillman | Labour | 907 |
| Andrew Briscoe | Liberal Democrat | 290 |
| Anthony Renouf | Liberal Democrat | 226 |
| Andrew Growden | Conservative | 176 |
| Jenny Jones | Conservative | 151 |
| VANBRUGH WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Alex Grant | Labour | 979 |
| David Picton | Labour | 899 |
| Douglas Ellison | Conservative | 537 |
| Elizabeth Truss | Conservative | 495 |
| Shirley Broad | Liberal Democrat | 311 |
| David Richardson | Liberal Democrat | 230 |
| WELL HALL WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| William Freeman | Labour | 1220 |
| Raymond Walker | Labour | 1188 |
| Albert Hills | Conservative | 865 |
| Sarah McAllister | Conservative | 859 |
| WEST WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Maureen O'Mara | Labour | 771 |
| Jaghir Sekhon | Labour | 595 |
| Anthony Lloyd | Liberal Democrat | 275 |
| Andrew Smith | Liberal Democrat | 215 |
| Sarah Phillips | Conservative | 160 |
| Richard Thwaites | Conservative | 107 |
| WOOLWICH COMMON WARD | 2 SEATS | |
| Gurdip Dhillon | Labour | 754 |
| Terry Hales | Labour | 716 |
| Guy Hatch | Conservative | 244 |
| Elizabeth Harris | Conservative | 237 |